memorialist

[ muh-mawr-ee-uh-list, -mohr- ]

noun

1. a person who writes memorials.
2. a person who writes memoirs.

memorialist

/ mɪˈmɔːrɪəlɪst /

noun

1. a person who writes or presents a memorial
2. a writer of a memoir or memoirs

Word History and Origins

Origin of memorialist¹

First recorded in 1700–10; memorial + -ist

Example Sentences

“In some way I’m a memorialist,” he said.

From New York Times

“Wherefore, and encouraged by a consciousness of the Integrity of his Administration, your Memorialist is desirous that a Strict Examination should be had into his Conduct,” Morris wrote, “in order that if he has been guilty of Maladministration it may be detected and Punished, if otherwise, that his Innocence may be manifested, and acknowledged.”

From Washington Post

“I can’t imagine it,” Derek said, mournfully, while Sigrid, a born memorialist, took photographs of the old friends with someone who could not hope to be their friend: they were looking for ways to feed lives they had already lived, and wanted to continue to live; they were light years from where I stood, we had seen different things.

From The New Yorker

That your memorialist has resided in different parts of Europe for twenty-two years last past, and embraced the Christian faith in the year 1759.

From Slate

That your memorialist is a native of Africa, and has a knowledge of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of that country.

From Slate